Mid-Atlantic Fishing

Prettyboy Reservoir

Located in northwest
Baltimore County, Prettyboy Reservoir is Maryland's second largest freshwater
reservoir (1500 acres). The impoundment was created by damming Big Gunpowder Falls in 1932.
The reservoir and its surrounding watershed is served by a consortium of agencies including Baltimore County
Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management, the Prettyboy Watershed Alliance, Maryland Department of Natural Resources,
Baltimore City Reservoir Natural Resources Office, Carroll County Department of
Planning; Baltimore, Carroll and York County Soil Conservation Districts.

Several miles downstream, Big Gunpowder Falls is dammed a second time to
create
Loch Raven Reservoir. Below Loch Raven
Reservoir, the Gunpowder River continues
unrestricted to the Chesapeake Bay.

Prettyboy Reservoir Fish Species

Prettyboy Reservoir is populated with a variety of freshwater species
including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish,
yellow perch, carp, and other species.